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God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
And
God made the
two great lights—the
greater light to
rule the
day and the
lesser light to
rule the
night—and the
stars.
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So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
So
God created the
great sea creatures and
every living creature that
moves, with which the
waters swarm, according to their
kinds, and
every winged bird according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’
When you
work the
ground, it shall
no longer yield to you its
strength. You shall be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the
earth.”
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Cain said to the
Lord, ‘My punishment is more than I can bear.
Cain said to the
Lord, “My
punishment is
greater than I can
bear.
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days – and also afterwards – when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
The
Nephilim were on the
earth in those
days, and also
afterward,
when the
sons of
God came in to the
daughters of
man and they
bore children to them.
These were the
mighty men who were of
old, the
men of
renown.
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The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
The
waters prevailed and
increased greatly on the
earth, and the
ark floated on the
face of the
waters.
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They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
And the
waters prevailed so
mightily on the
earth that
all the
high mountains under the
whole heaven were
covered.
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The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits. ,
The
waters prevailed above the
mountains,
covering them
fifteen cubits deep.
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The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
And the
waters prevailed on the
earth 150 days.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the
first on
earth to
be a
mighty man.
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He was a mighty hunter before the
Lord; that is why it is said, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the
Lord.’
He was a
mighty hunter before the
Lord.
Therefore it is
said, “Like
Nimrod a
mighty hunter before the
Lord.”
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah – which is the great city.
Resen between Nineveh and
Calah; that is the
great city.
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The
Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
And the
Lord said, “Behold, they are
one people, and they have
all one language, and this is only the
beginning of what they
will do. And
nothing that they
propose to
do will now be
impossible for them.
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‘I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
And I will
make of you a
great nation, and I will
bless you and make your
name great, so that you will be a
blessing.
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But the
Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
But the
Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his
house with
great plagues because
of Sarai,
Abram’s wife.
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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
As the
sun was
going down, a
deep sleep fell on
Abram. And
behold,
dreadful and
great darkness fell upon him.
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But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterwards they will come out with great possessions.
But I will
bring judgment on the
nation that they
serve, and
afterward they shall
come out with
great possessions.
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On that day the
Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates –
On
that day the
Lord made a
covenant with
Abram,
saying,
“To your
offspring I
give this
land, from the
river of
Egypt to the
great river, the
river Euphrates,
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
As for
Ishmael, I have
heard you;
behold, I have
blessed him and will make him
fruitful and
multiply him
greatly. He shall
father twelve princes, and I will
make him into a
great nation.
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Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
seeing that
Abraham shall surely become a
great and
mighty nation, and
all the
nations of the
earth shall be
blessed in him?
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Then the
Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
Then the
Lord said, “Because the
outcry against
Sodom and
Gomorrah is
great and their
sin is
very grave,
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Then Abraham spoke up again: ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
Abraham answered and
said,
“
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord, I
who am but
dust and
ashes.
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Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
And they
struck with
blindness the
men who were at the
entrance of the
house, both
small and
great, so that they
wore themselves out
groping for the
door.
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When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the
Lord was merciful to them.
But he
lingered. So the
men seized him and his
wife and his
two daughters by the
hand,
the
Lord being
merciful to him, and they
brought him out and
set him outside the
city.
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Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, ‘What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’
Then
Abimelech called Abraham and
said to him, “What have you
done to us? And how have I
sinned against you, that you have
brought on me and my
kingdom a
great sin? You have
done to me
things that ought not to be
done.”
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The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
And the
child grew and was
weaned. And
Abraham made a
great feast on the
day that
Isaac was
weaned.
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Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.’
Up! Lift
up the
boy, and hold him
fast with your
hand, for I will
make him into a
great nation.”
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The Hittites replied to Abraham,
The
Hittites answered Abraham,
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so that he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.’
that he may
give me the
cave of
Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the
end of his
field. For the
full price let him
give it to me in your
presence as
property for a
burying place.”
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Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Now
Ephron was
sitting among the
Hittites, and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the
hearing of the
Hittites, of all who
went in at the
gate of his
city,
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Laban and Bethuel answered, ‘This is from the
Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
Then
Laban and
Bethuel answered and
said, “The
thing has
come from the
Lord; we
cannot speak to you
bad or good.
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The
Lord said to her,
‘Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the elder will serve the younger.’
And the
Lord said to her,
“
Two nations are in your
womb,
and
two peoples from
within you shall be
divided;
the
one shall be
stronger than the
other,
the
older shall
serve the
younger.”
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Then Abimelek said to Isaac, ‘Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.’
And
Abimelech said to
Isaac, “
Go away from us, for you are
much mightier than we.”
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Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him – and indeed he will be blessed!’
Then
Isaac trembled very
violently and
said, “
Who was it then that
hunted game and
brought it to me, and I
ate it
all before you
came, and I have
blessed him? Yes, and he shall be
blessed.”
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When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me – me too, my father!’
As soon as
Esau heard the
words of his
father,
he
cried out with an exceedingly great and
bitter cry and said to his
father, “
Bless me, even me
also, O my
father!”
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Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’
Isaac answered and
said to
Esau, “
Behold,
I have
made him
lord over you, and
all his
brothers I have
given to him for
servants, and with
grain and
wine I have
sustained him.
What then can I
do for
you, my
son?”
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His father Isaac answered him,
‘Your dwelling will be
away from the earth’s richness,
away from the dew of heaven above.
Then
Isaac his
father answered and
said to him:
“
Behold,
away from the
fatness of the
earth shall your
dwelling be,
and away from the
dew of
heaven on high.
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There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.
As he
looked, he
saw a
well in the
field, and
behold,
three flocks of
sheep lying beside it, for
out of that
well the
flocks were
watered. The
stone on the
well’s mouth was
large,
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‘Look,’ he said, ‘the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.’
He
said, “
Behold, it is
still high day; it is
not time for the
livestock to be
gathered together.
Water the
sheep and
go,
pasture them.”
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And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-coloured, will be considered stolen.’
So my
honesty will
answer for me
later,
when you
come to
look into my
wages with
you. Every
one that is
not speckled and
spotted among the
goats and
black among the
lambs, if found with me, shall be counted
stolen.”
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You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,
You know that I have
served your
father with
all my
strength,
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Then Rachel and Leah replied, ‘Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?
Then
Rachel and
Leah answered and
said to him, “Is there any
portion or
inheritance left to
us in our
father’s house?
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Jacob answered Laban, ‘I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.
Jacob answered and
said to
Laban, “
Because I was
afraid,
for I
thought that you would take your
daughters from me by
force.
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Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. ‘What is my crime?’ he asked Laban. ‘How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?
Then
Jacob became
angry and
berated Laban.
Jacob said to
Laban, “
What is my
offense?
What is my
sin,
that you have
hotly pursued me?
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Laban answered Jacob, ‘The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?
Then
Laban answered and
said to
Jacob, “The
daughters are my
daughters, the
children are my
children, the
flocks are my
flocks, and
all that you
see is mine. But
what can I
do this
day for these my
daughters or for their
children whom they have
borne?
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Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.
The
sons of
Jacob answered Shechem and his
father Hamor deceitfully, because
he had
defiled their
sister Dinah.
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Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.’
Then let us
arise and
go up to
Bethel, so that I may
make there an
altar to the
God who
answers me in the
day of my
distress and has been with me
wherever I have
gone.”
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No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?’
He is
not greater in this
house than I am,
nor has he
kept back anything from me
except you,
because you are his
wife. How then can I
do this
great wickedness and
sin against
God?”
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she called her household servants. ‘Look,’ she said to them, ‘this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.
she
called to the
men of her
household and
said to them, “
See, he has
brought among us a
Hebrew to
laugh at us. He
came in to me to
lie with me, and I
cried out with a
loud voice.
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‘This is what it means,’ Joseph said. ‘The three baskets are three days.
And
Joseph answered and
said,
“
This is its
interpretation: the
three baskets are
three days.
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The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven healthy, full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
And the
thin ears swallowed up the
seven plump,
full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and
behold, it was a
dream.
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‘I cannot do it,’ Joseph replied to Pharaoh, ‘but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.’
Joseph answered Pharaoh,
“It is not in
me;
God will give
Pharaoh a
favorable answer.”
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‘In my dream I saw seven ears of corn, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
I also
saw in my
dream seven ears growing on
one stalk,
full and
good.
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Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
There will
come seven years of
great plenty throughout
all the
land of
Egypt,
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When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.
So when the
famine had
spread over all the
land,
Joseph opened all the
storehouses and
sold to the
Egyptians, for the
famine was
severe in the
land of
Egypt.
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And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.
Moreover,
all the
earth came to
Egypt to
Joseph to
buy grain, because the
famine was
severe over
all the
earth.
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Reuben replied, ‘Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.’
And
Reuben answered them, “Did
I not tell you not to
sin against the
boy? But you did
not listen.
So now there comes a
reckoning for his
blood.”
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Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph! Is my father still living?’ But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
And
Joseph said to his
brothers,
“I am
Joseph! Is my
father still alive?” But his
brothers could not answer him,
for they were
dismayed at his
presence.
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But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
And
God sent me
before you to
preserve for you a
remnant on
earth, and to keep
alive for you
many survivors.
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